District of Nepal · Bagmati Province
Rasuwa District: land cover, map and municipalities
Barren land is the largest land cover in Rasuwa District, at 41.3% of its area. Forest covers 31.0% (less than the national 41.4%), farmland 0.0%, rangeland 26.9%, built-up land 0.1%, bare land, rock and snow 41.3% and water 0.6%.
Land cover of Rasuwa District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.1 | 0.0–0.4 | 2 |
| Agriculture land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 1 |
| Rangeland | 26.9 | 4.0–49.9 | 404 |
| Forest land | 31.0 | 1.7–60.3 | 465 |
| Water | 0.6 | 0.0–1.8 | 10 |
| Barren land | 41.3 | 8.5–74.1 | 620 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 10 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Rasuwa District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: rangeland +7.3 points, barren land −7.1 points, forest land +1.9 points.
Coloured lines: the U-Net on each year's Sentinel-2 cloudless mosaic, with 95% intervals. Grey: the independent 10 m Impact Observatory map at the same sites. Differences of a few points between years can come from how each year's mosaic was processed, and the 2016 and 2018 mosaics are read less reliably (too little built-up land, too much bare land and water); compare from 2019 on.
Municipalities and rural municipalities of Rasuwa District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aamachhodingmo | 247 | 32.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Gosaikunda | 977 | 22.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kalika | 43 | 66.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Naukunda | 116 | 56.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Uttargaya | 118 | 59.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Rasuwa District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Rasuwa District: about 93 a year on average, most in 2023 (324).
Questions about Rasuwa District
- What is the forest cover of Rasuwa District?
- About 31.0% of Rasuwa District is forest (95% interval 1.7–60.3%), roughly 465 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 10 sample sites. That ranks 56th of 77 districts.
- How much of Rasuwa District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 0.1% (1.7 km²). Rasuwa District ranks 63rd of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Rasuwa District?
- Rasuwa District covers 1,501 km² and has 5 local units (municipalities and rural municipalities).
Source: Nepal-adapted U-Net (Khadka & Pradhan 2026) on Esri and EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless imagery; Impact Observatory/Esri 10 m land cover; boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.